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Petites Scènes Familières. Pour Piano
Charles Terrasse's musical scores with Bonnard's lithograph illustrations - one of his earliest works - together with the exceptionally rare signed suite on Chine.
£25,000
Bonnard, PierrePetites Scènes Familières. Pour...1893
Pis'mo. Escrito por Iliazd / Grabado...
A very rare signed proof of the cover for 'Pis'mo: Escrito por Iliazd / Grabado por Picasso', Picasso's 1948 collaboration with Iliazd.
£12,500
Picasso, PabloPis'mo. Escrito por Iliazd...1947 / 1948
Répertoire des Pantins
A complete set of the musical scores with covers illustrated by Pierre Bonnard for the Répertoire des Pantins.
£3,500
Bonnard Pierre. Terrasse, Claude and Franc-NohainRépertoire des Pantins[1898]
Un Cadavre
A very good copy of the tract issued by the dissident Surrealists against Breton which led to his christening as 'le Pape du Surréalisme'.
£1,750
Bataille, Georges, Jacques Prévert, Michel Leiris, Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, Raymond Queneau et alUn Cadavre1930, 15 Janvier
Un Cadavre
A very good copy of the scarce, first collective Surrealist tract 'Un Cadavre'.
£2,250
Aragon, Louis, André Breton, Paul Eluard, Philippe Soupault et alUn Cadavre1924, 18 Octobre
Conférence de Paul Eluard: Avenir de...
The very rare poster by Picasso together with the catalogue and the invitation - also with the same image by Picasso - for Paul Eluard's 1937 conference 'Avenir de la Poésie'.
£9,500
Picasso, Pablo. Eluard, PaulConférence de Paul Eluard:...1937
Hands Off Love. (Printed in Transition)
The very scarce offprint of 'Hands Off Love' issued in defence of Surrealism's hero Charlie Chaplin after his divorce and the publication of Lita Grey Chaplin's scandalising 'The Complaint of Lita'.
£2,250
Cunard, Nancy. Alexandre, Maxime, Louis Aragon, Jacques Baron et alHands Off Love. (Printed...1927
Afat. Soixante-Seize Sonnets
The first of Iliazd's beautiful and typographically inventive illustrated books and the first he produced with Picasso.
£32,500
Picasso, Pablo. Iliazd (Ilia Zdanevitch)Afat. Soixante-Seize Sonnets1940
The Pocket Picasso / Le Picasso...
The édition de tête of 'The Pocket Picasso' - the facsimile of Picasso's gift for Marcel Duhamel -with the original signed engraving.
£6,500
Picasso, Pablo. Duhamel, MarcelThe Pocket Picasso /...1964
Grand Air. (Les Yeux Fertiles)
A very scarce proof example of 'Grand Air', the remarkable collaborative Surrealist etching by Eluard and Picasso, aside from the edition of ten copies issued with the book 'Les Yeux Fertiles' and inscribed 'épreuve d'artiste'.
£25,000
Picasso, Pablo & Paul EluardGrand Air. (Les Yeux...1936
Couleurs. Contes avec des Gravures de...
The unique nominatif copy on papier Impérial du Japon printed for the publisher Camille Bloch with all of Laboureur's original drawings for the book and a wealth of additional material.
£17,500
Laboureur, Jean-Emile. Gourmont, Remy deCouleurs. Contes avec des...1929
Vers le Blanc Infini. Poèmes et...
An excellent copy of Arp's artist book.
£4,000
Arp, HansVers le Blanc Infini...1960
Parler Seul
One of Miró's greatest illustrated books.
£15,000
Miro, Joan. Tzara, TristanParler Seul1950
Le Chef-d'Oeuvre Inconnu
Picasso's collaboration with Ambroise Vollard, his illustrations for Balzac's protean novella.
£22,500
Picasso, Pablo. Balzac, Honoré deLe Chef-d'Oeuvre Inconnu1931
La Lampe dans l'Horloge. Avec une...
André Breton's copy, entirely uncut and unopened, with proofs of his text and an additional version of Toyen's original lithograph.
£4,500
Toyen. (Marie Cerminova). Breton, AndréLa Lampe dans l'Horloge...1948
Légitime Défense
Andre Breton's own copy of his pamphlet, with a leaf of manuscript and other related ephemera.
£3,250
Breton, AndréLégitime Défense1926
Eclairez Votre Religion - Aux Enfants...
André Breton's copy of this very scarce plaquette destined for the children of workers and noted for its virulent 'anticlérical, anticapitaliste, anticolonialiste, antipatriotique' sentiments.
£3,000
Adam, Georges. Aragon LouisEclairez Votre Religion -...1932
Rrose Sélavy
An excellent copy of the collection of Marcel Duchamp's verbal and literary witticisms: aphorisms, puns, apophthegms and phrasal palindromes.
£950
Duchamp, MarcelRrose Sélavy1939
La Double Vue / L'Inventeur du...
Robert Lebel's dual novel and autobiography with Marcel Duchamp's signed multiple, Giacometti's signed diptych and the additional signed suite of his etchings.
£50,000
Giacometti, Alberto & Marcel Duchamp. Lebel, RobertLa Double Vue /...1964
VIIIe Pythique
A superb example of this superb collaboration between Picasso and PAB.
£22,500
Picasso, Pablo. Pindare. (Jean Beaufret, Trans.)VIIIe Pythique1960
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